Like Someone in Love

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  • Opened February 15, 2013 
  • 1 hr 49 min
  • NR

  • When Akiko (Rin Takanashi), a lovely Tokyo student who moonlights as a call girl, is dispatched to a new client in the suburbs, she is surprised to find the shy and elderly Takashi (81-year-old stage actor Tadashi Okuno), a committed academic constantly distracted by work-related phone calls. The lonely widower seems far more interested in playing house than having sex, however, and the young woman soon falls asleep. The next day, when the two encounter Akiko’s volatile boyfriend Noriaki (Ryo Kase), Takashi plays into Noriaki’s assumption that he is actually Akiko’s grandfather. As the three settle into their new roles, Takashi finds himself becoming the protector that Akiko so desperately needs. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno, Ryo Kase, Denden
  • Director: Abbas Kiarostami
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

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This is by far the worst movie ever . My friend fell asleep ! The whole movie is so boring they were chatting the whole time about nonsense ! Story does not make sense at all. Don't waste your time ,...

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Wall Street Journal
| Joe Morgenstern

The greatest fascination is watching these three people when they're planted firmly inside the frame, talking at cross-purposes while trying to perceive one another in the reflected light of their needs and risky assumptions. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

With an attention to the telling detail that one finds in a great short story, Kiarostami guides Takanashi and Okuno - and then Kase - through the mischievous and melancholy tale. It is quiet. It is lovely. And it will stay with you for a long time. Read full review

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New York Post
| Farran Smith Nehme

If Like Someone in Love frustrates, it also has ineffable grace in the framing of Kiarostami’s long, languid shots, the changes he captures in the light, and the way the actors’ smallest movements become fascinating. This enigmatic study of identities built on social deceit offers more than easy answers ever could. Read full review

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Chicago Tribune
| Michael Phillips

It's also gorgeously acted by all, and while this may not be one of Kiarostami's finest, the craftsmanship nonetheless is so high, it makes everything else currently in theaters look slovenly. Read full review

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Rin Takanashi as Akiko in "Like Someone in Love."